George Brenlin Movies

Captain Stanley (Michael Norell) traces his grouchy behavior to his arm pains, prompting the staff to suggest that he have a medical checkup. But Stanley balks, worried that he may be suffering from arthritis, thus rendering him expendable. This week's emergency load includes a man who gets his hand caught in a garage-door opener, a raging refinery fire,and a woman whose plastic surgery has resulted in some rather nasty side effects. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Wounded and in a state of shock, Officer Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) is held captive by two escaped convicts in a small café. Malloy's partner is told that unless he frees the convicts' comrade from jail, Pete will be killed. It is at this point that the department's S.W.A.T. team swings into action--and this being a Jack Webb production, the viewer is given a crash course on this elite unit's modus operandi. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Tonight's case load for Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) is a hectic one indeed. The two patrolmen run the gamut from protecting a grocer from a knife-wielding bandt, and hauling in a hippie who has supped too full of "controlled substances." The central crisis involves a runaway boy (played by future Bonanza regular Mitch Vogel) who becomes lost in a cave. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Turncoat scientist Lawrence Underwood (Linden Chiles) manages to steal some top-secret documents from an atomic lab in Idaho. Picking up Underwood's trail, Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) methodically tracks the man down. What Erskine doesn't know is that Underwood has been exposed to deadly atomic radiation--and is contaminating everyone with whom he comes in contact. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Now travelling under the phony handle "Jim McGuire", Kimble (David Janssen) goes to work for widowed hotel owner Lois Carter (Georgann Johnson). As the days pass, Kimble turns out to be the only person capable of befriending Lois' strangely sensitive son Kenny (Johnny Jensen). When the police inevitably arrive in search of Kimble, Kenny helps the fugitive avoid escape. But Kimble isn't out of the woods yet, thanks to a local romantic rivalry that threatens to turn deadly at any moment. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired to escort a notorious wife murderer named Fairchild (Whit Bissell) to trial. But during a stopover in Osage Springs, Sheriff Stinchcomb (Paul Fix) demands at gunpoint that Paladin hand Fairchild over to him. It seems that every time the chief of a neighborhood Indian tribe dies, custom dictates that a white scalp be used in the burial ceremony--and Fairchild's scalp just about fills the bill. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The Oklahoma land rush of 1889 provides the starting point for this western drama, based on a novel by Edna Ferber. Yancey Cravat (Glenn Ford) is an impulsive, short-fused cowboy who has married an immigrant woman, Sabra (Maria Schell). Together, Yancey and Sabra claim a homestead, and Yancey starts a newspaper. While he doesn't have much of a head for business, Sabra does, and when she takes greater control of the paper, it grows into a profitable and influential journal. Eventually, Yancey becomes a well-recognized figure, and it's suggested that he run for public office. However, Yancey finds himself unable to support legislation that would steal more land and mineral rights away from the Native Americans who first settled the land. Cimarron was previously filmed in 1931; this version reduced the role of stereotyped black characters and has Native American actors playing the "Indians," including Eddie and Dawn Little Sky. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Professional hit man Manny Coe (Dick York) is kept on retainer by crime boss Mr. Williams (George Macready) to eliminate those crooks who have outlasted their usefulness to Williams' operation. When Manny bumps off an inept jewel thief, his girlfriend Betty (Kathleen Maguire) threatens to call the cops. Without batting an eyelash, Williams orders Manny to eliminate Betty. This ultimately proves to be unnecessary, but Williams is notoriously intolerant of those who do not carry out his instructions to the letter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The 30-minute Fight for the Title is taken from various incidents in the life of boxer Benny Leonard. Played by George Brenlin,Leonard does his best to deflect a punchdrunk young man (Michael Landon) from wasting his life in the boxing ring. He later chooses to give up his lucrative career by enlisting in the armed services. John Nesbitt narrates this inspiring filmed playlet. Fight for the Title originated as an episode of the TV anthology Telephone Time. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide